Furniture.



F. J. HANLON.

FURNITURE.

IIIIIIIIIIIII Lnp JAN. 19, 19o7.

929,302. Pt'ented July 27,1909.

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FRANK J. HANLON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE A. H. ANDREWS COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

FURNITURE To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. IIANLON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Furniture, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in furniture, and more particularly to the class of furniture comprising chairs and tables.

Furthermore, it relates to a combination piece of furniture designed primarily for use in places such as drug-stores or fruit-stores where it is common to devote a very limited amount of space to chairs and tables for serving ice-cream or other refreshments. It is highly important that as many seats at tables be provided as the space can be made to accommodate, as will be readily understood.

It is one of the objects of this invention to provide tables and chairs that will normally take up the minimum amount of space without making the tables so small as to render them unstable and easily tipped over.

Another object sought to be attained is to provide such equipment as will prevent a patrons seating himself at any considerable distance from the table and taking up more room than is contemplated or possibly blocking the passageway.

I accomplish these objects by rigidly connecting two or more chairs and making them the floor support for the table, the chairs being so arranged as to insure ample room for the occupant of each and the tablebeing so arranged with reference to the chairs that a portion of the table is convenient to the occupant of each chair.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the connection of the table standards with the tabletop.

Referring to the several figures of the drawings, in which corresponding parts are indicated by like reference characters, 5 6 indicate two chairs, each having a seat 7 mounted in a seat frame 8, legs 9 connected at about their middle points by brace rods 10 and firmly secured by bolts 11 at their upper diverging ends to the seat frame 8, and a back 12 held in position by supports 13 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 19, 1907.

' Patented July 2'7, 1909.

Serial No. 353,103.

front portion of each chair extending forward slightly beyond the front portion of the other. In the construction shown, the chairs are connected by two table standards 14, each of which consists of a single piece of heavy wire bent into the form of a closed loop, one end of the wire being secured to each seat frame by one of the bolts 11, the ends of the wire being twisted together for a portion of their length intermediate the Loop and the point of connection with the chair. The loop portions of these standards, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, are bent at right angles, and upon them is fastened a table-top 15 which is held in place by means of strips 16. This table-top, in the construction shown, has its sides slightly concave, and the central longitudinal line of the table is at an angle of approximately ninety degrees with the line joining the centers of the two chair seats. In the construction shown, an additional connection between the two chairs is provided, consisting of two heavy wires 17 twisted together at their central portions and secured at their ends by four of the bolts 11 that also secure the upper ends of the chair legs in place.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In combination, two chairs spaced apart, two standards, a table top supported on said standards, the standards being rigcross-brace connecting said standards and also being rigidly connected to the two chairs, whereby the two chairs and table top are held against relative movement.

3. In combination, two chairs spaced apart, two standards having their bases rigidly connected each to the two chairs and their upper portions extending in a vertical plane midway between the two chairs, a table top connected to and supported by said standards, whereby the two chairs and the tabletop are rigidly connected.

4. The combination of two chairs, two standards each formed of alreavy wire bent into the form of a loop and having two diverging legs, a leg of each being attached to the seat frame of each chair, and a table-top secured to said loop portions.

5. The combination of two chairs, two standards each formed of heavy Wires twisted together at their intermediate portions and diverging at their upper and lower ends, the upper ends of each leg being secured to the under side of a table top, and a lower end of each leg being secured to the frame of each chair.

6. The combination of two chairs, spaced apart, a standard formed of heavy wires twisted together for a portion of their length and having their lower portions diverging, the upper end of said standard being attached to the under side of a table top, and the lower diverging portions spanning the space between said chairs and being rigidly attached at their lower ends each to one of the chair frames.

FRANK J. HANLON.

Witnesses lViINNIE A. HUNTER, WILLIAM H. DE Boss; 

